Date and Time: Sun, October 1, 2017, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Location: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 801 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08618
To register click here.
Be the change. Create racial justice in our community!
Join us on Sunday, October 1, to discuss how to take action to promote racial justice throughout New Jersey and the nation. We will gather in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of color, the Muslim and Jewish communities, the LGBTQ+ community, the immigrant community, and every person targeted by those who would divide us.
The Day of Service, Learning & Unity is a multi-community event supporting the goals of the March for Racial Justice in D.C. Advocates for justice, equality, and peace will speak and facilitate workshops and discussion groups to delve more deeply into the systematic and institutionalized injustices faced by people of color in the U.S.
Learn what you can do to promote racial justice in your community. Our event will feature (check back for updates!):
- Keynote Speaker
Lawrence Hamm, People’s Organization for Progress - What White People Are Not Taught About Whiteness and White Supremacy
Karen Gaffney, Raritan Valley Community College - Anxiety in the Lives of Undocumented Youth
Dan-El Padilla Parlata, Princeton University Professor, Columbia University Fellow - Seeking Racial Justice: Faith Community Imperative
Barbara Flythe, Campaign to End the New Jim Crowe - Respecting Intersectionality in the LGBTQ+ Community
Rebecca Williams, Essex County College & Plainfield City Council - Justice in NJ Schools: Key Factors in the School to Prison Pipeline
Portia Allen-Kyle, ACLU-NJ - Economic Development: How Minorities Can Build Economic Wealth
Jonette Smart and Kerriem Beyah, NAACP Trenton - Racial Justice & Financial Apartheid: Addressing Discrimination in Everyday Consumer Transactions
David McMillan - Civic Engagement: How to Talk to your Legislators
Please click the links above or visit the event website for detailed descriptions of each of the sessions.
Service is critical to building community. We will be collecting items for local service organizations. Items requested include:
- Non-Perishable food for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK)
- Toiletries for HomeFront
- SURJ -NJ is collecting Books for the BLM – Books & Breakfast Program (suggested titles here)
- Spanish Language Books